A Southern California mayor sparked controversy for comments about his city’s homeless population.
Lancaster Mayor R. Rex Parris, a Republican, said he wants to “give them free fentanyl.”
“What I want to do is give them free fentanyl. That’s what I want to do,” Parris said.
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“I want to give them all the fentanyl they want. That’s what I want to do,” he emphasized.
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Per KABC:
A video of that exchange at the meeting has been circulating online, stirring massive controversy.
“I mean, I thought people were intelligent enough to understand that it was a
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